Improved dining-car for railways



G. M. PULLMAN. DINING CAR FOR RAILWAYS.

No. 89.537. Patented Apr. 27, 1869.

w fgmm 6m GEORGE M PULLMAN, 0 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' Lm Patent No. 89,537, dated A ril 27, .1869.

mrnovnn DINING-CAR ro RAILwAYs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ranking put of tho To all whom t't may camera:

Be it known that I, G'nonen M. PULLMAN, of Ohicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Dining- Car for Railways; and! do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear and exact descriptioncf the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- V a Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the intei'ior of one side of my improved dining-car.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the same taken through the kitchen.

My improved dining-car is intended to be used as a travelling dining-saloon and restaurant, and contains several features which are believed to adapt it more perfectly to the comfort and convenience of passengers.

These features may be thus described:

The kitchen A is located at ornear. the centre of the car, instead of; being placed at either end. The advantages of this location are, that in whatsoever direction the car may be travelling, at least one half of it will be in advance of the kitchen, the odors of which are borne by the draught toward the rear. tion to this, the car being divided into two diningrooms, may be placed at or near the middle of the train, so that the passengers who ride in front of it can be accommodated in.- the front compartment, and I those in the cars behind, in the rear compartment. The car will thus be more accessible to all parts of the train than if it were placed at either end.

The kitchen A is fitted up with water-tankB, range 0, sink D, fig. 2, and with suitable shelves and tables.

table-furniture.

In addi-- Between each pair of seats is a table, G G, one end,

of which is supported by'a leg, H, while the other end is hooked into sockets in the side of the car, so as to be readily detachable.

In the panels between thewindows, and opposite the tables, are small cupboards, K K K, provided with suitable doors and with shelves for holding the Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim therein as new, is- 1. Theprovision-chamber E. located at or near the [centre of the car, in combiration with the kitchen,

substantially as shown.

2. The arrangement of closets or cupboards in the panels between each pair of windows, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, in a dining-car, of kitchen A water-tank B, range and provision-chamber E, when the. latter is located below the floor of the car, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a dining-car, of a kitchen, A, tables Gr,- cupboards K K, wash-room and watercloset, substantially as described.

GEO. M. PULLMAN.

Witnesses:

M. B. PHILIPP, CHAS. W. ANGELL. 

